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SLIP COVER Mendel Sugarman, Malden, Mass.

Application January 19, 1955, Serial No. 482,807 2 Claims. or. 155-182 The present invention relates to removable slip covers for over-stuffed arm chairs, sofas and the like. The particular object of the invention is to provide a removable slip cover of such construction that it may be applied without alteration to chairs or sofas having arms of varying shapes and widths. It has been found by measurement of many chairs that the width along the front of the seats of over-stuffed arm chairs of the type in question varies very slightly-probably less than an inch; and, accordingly, a slip cover of maximum dimension will fit all the chairs. substantially in width and shape and, therefore, if the chair cover is made in one piece, the customary rulfie which extends across the front and along both sides hangs unevenly, being down to the floor when used on chairs having narrow arms and high off the floor when used on chairs having wide arms. In any case the top edges of the side rufiles are not on a level with the top edge of the front ruffle. Likewise the part of the slip cover covering the front of the arm is wrinkled and does not present a smooth tidy appearance along its upper edge. Accordingly, it has been customary to secure the slip cover to the front inside edges of the arms by means of spiral screw buttons or the like and also to use such buttons in other exposed places. This has proved to be unsatisfactory because persons sitting in the chair are likely to catch their clothes on the buttons and tear the clothes or pull out the buttons, and also to tear the cover and upholstery and the buttons are likely to fall on the floor with the point up, where they may be stepped on and do injury, particularly to children.

I have discovered, however, that the parts of a unitary slip cover may be constructed and arranged so that the ruffle will be at the same level all the way around in spite of variations in the widths of the arms of different chairs; that slight variations in the width of the space between the two arms of the chair may be compensated for; and finally that a slip cover can be made adjustable in the novel manner provided by the invention, in which a particular feature is the adjustment of the slip cover on the outside of the arm, so that it will lie smooth on the insides and also the outsides of the arms of chairs having arms of widely varying widths and also various and complicated shapes and forms and at the same time be made as a unitary structure and so that it may be put in place more readily than if it were made from a group of unattached pieces.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the entire slip cover, embodying my invention, being shown as if it were laid flat on a floor, the ruffies and front arm panels etc. being shown in perspective.

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view showing one arm of a chair or sofa with the slip cover applied but before the side ruffle is fastened in place.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 the entire rufile being in final position with the removable seat cushion shown in phantom.

However, the arms of such chairs vary tates Patent "ice Fig. 4 is a partial perspective view of a chair having a narrow arm with the slip cover applied showing the relation of the front arm panel and the over arm panel, and,

Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view showing the relation of the parts when in place upon a chair having a very wide arm.

Fig. 6 is a partial perspective view of the cover applied to a chair having a serpentine type arm.

Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view showing application of a modified form of the slip cover on a scoop type chair arm.

Fig. 8 is a partial side view of Fig. 7.

Referring now to the drawings and, particularly to Fig. 1, the center panel of the slip cover indicated at 10 is itself composed of three panels and may be made in one piece or in three or more pieces stitched together as is most convenient. The center panel 10 as shown in Fig. 1 is composed of the under-cushion panel 11 which goes under the customary removable seat cushion 4'?! (shown in Fig. 3); a back front panel 12 which goes over the front face of the chair back; and a back rear panel 13 which goes over the top of the chair back and extends down its back side. At 14 are shown two chair back side panels connected to the panel 12 and arranged to cover the top corners and side portions of the chair back. On each side of the under-cushion panel 11 is an over arm panel 16 which extends up over the inside surface and across the top of the arm and down the outside of the arm as shown at 17. Secured along the front edge of the under-cushion panel 11 is a front box panel 18 which is stitched along the front edge of the undercushion panel 11 to a point a little short of the seam 20 which unites the over-arm panel 16 and the side edge of the under-cushion panel 11. The front box panel 18 extends substantially beyond the panel 11 on both sides leaving free ends as seen at 18a and has stitched under it and extending co-terminously with it a ruffie 23 with piping 19a along the seam which joins them. The undercushion panel 11 has two corner extensions 21-21. To the front edge of the over-arm panel 16 and along the seam 22 is stitched a front arm panel 25. This seam 22 is preferably piped and the piping also follows along the edge of the panel 25 which extends beyond the seam 20 as seen at 22a. Thus, the piped seam 22 or edge 22a extends slightly over the corner extension 21, but a gap is left between the piped seam 19 and the piped seam 22 and this gap is underlaid by the corner extension 21 of the under-cushion panel 11. This construction is such that slight variations in the width of the seat do not produce wrinkles or folds at the front corners of the front box panel 18 nor put a breaking or tearing strain on the piping at the corner as would otherwise be the case when the slip cover is placed on a chair having an unduly large space between the arms.

When the slip cover is placed on the chair, the piped seam 19 between the front box panel 13 and the undercushion panel 11 is placed so that it lies along the upper edge of the fixed seat and therefore is below the removable seat cushion shown in phantom in Fig. 3. The back front panel 12, the back rear panel 13, and the back side panels 14 are then put into position. Any surplus material between the panels 11 and 12 along the line c is tucked down into the crease between the back and the seat and the parts drawn smooth. The over-arm panel 16 and its down hanging portion 17 are then thrown over the arm of the chair and the surplus material along the seam 20 pushed down into the crease between the seat of the chair and the inside of the arms. Next the over-arm panel 16 which lies over the top of the arm is smoothed down carefully, the front corner is lifted up and the front arm panel 25 carried around onto the outside of the arm and pulled tightly, The front arm panel 25 then occupies the position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the extent to which it extends along the side of the arm being determined by the width of the arm. While the panel 2d is being held in place, the down hanging part 17 of the over-arm panel 16 is pulled down into its final position with the piping 30 along the front edge of the over-arm panel 16 in a substantially vertical position and the edge adjacent the piping 30 may preferably be fastened by spiral screw buttons 26. Thereafter, the front box panel 18 and ruffie 23 are carried around into the position shown in Fig. 3 with the piped edge b which is an extension of the edge 19 on a level with the portion of the piped edge which is across the front of the chair. The side portion of the panel 18 and ruflie 23 is then fastened at the back of the chair in any convenient manner as by elastic tapes or spiral pin buttons, not shown.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown the arrangements of the parts at the front and side of the arm when the slip cover is in place on arms of differing widths. In either case, the front panel 25 is carried along the side as far as possible thus pulling the front perfectly smooth. Thus a smooth well fitting appearance is given to the arms of the chair in spite of variations in the width of the arms.

Any variations in the width of seat between the arms of chairs of different sizes is compensated for as described by the corner extensions 21, which are covered up when the ruflle is in place. These extensions also give greater flexibility to the slip cover at this corner and make it less likely to tear when in use.

Fig. 6 shows the seat cover adapted to a chair arm of the so-called serpentine type, and Figs. 7 and 8 show a slightly modified form of the cover adapted to an arm of the so-called scoop type.

As modified in Figs. 7 and 8, the seat cover includes a goring or split 50 extending part way back along the seam 20. The purpose of this goring is to provide some come-and-go between the arm portions 16, 22 and 25 and the seat portion 11 in adapting the arm portions to fit arms having complicated shapes such as those illustrated in Figs. 6-8, particularly the scoop shape which has a the front of the chair.

It is understood, of course, that as usual in connection with slip covers, the revomable seat cushion is covered by a separate seat cover which forms no part of the present invention. When in place the seat cushion 40 helps to hold the slip cover in place on the chair. It will also be understood that slip covers embodying my invention may be made for sofas, in which case the width of the main panel including the under seat panels is made to correspond with the length of the sofa seat.

I claim:

1. A one piece slip cover adaptable to arm chairs having variously shaped arms comprising a center portion, an over-arm panel secured along an edge of the center portion, said over-arm panel and said center portion having corresponding unconnected front edge portions allowing play between said over-arm panel and said center portion, said over-arm panel being arranged to extend over the top of a chair arm, and a front arm panel secured along an inside front edge of the over-arm panel, said front arm panel being arranged to be received under the remaining front edge of the over-arm panel and secured on the outside of the arm.

2. A one piece slip cover adaptable to arm chairs having variously shaped arms comprising a center portion, an over-arm panel secured on a seam along an edge of the center portion and arranged to extend over the top of a chair arm, a front arm panel secured along an inside front edge of the over-arm panel, said front arm panel being arranged to be received under the remaining front edge of the over-arm panel and secured on the outside of the chair arm, and a goring formed partway back from the front along the seam between the over-arm panel and the under portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,179,805 Trubitz Nov. 14, 1939 2,191,633 Trubitz Feb. 27, 1940 2,556,926 Krasnov et al June 12, 1951 

